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Post by Telebabble on Jun 4, 2023 0:31:19 GMT
But why all the obvious bullshit? He knows Xplore is barely an upgrade to NNN/BC and has even stated his disappointment in Xplore, so what's with all the pretending? And why all the hate toward Al and other 75mm skiers who, no doubt, would just humiliate tgis Manny if they ever skied together? And this backdoor nonsense with Grimeeater and Manny who is utterly obviously Grimshitter, all it does is make fools of both of them and for what purpose? Any idiot can link in sources they have accessed to appear to be the expert they obviously are not. How do any of these games actually further Telemark forum experience as a good worth the bother?
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Post by cunningstunts on Jun 4, 2023 0:36:46 GMT
I think Johnny doesn't like Al - I mean he doesn't like a lot of people.
I don't follow this soap opera obsessively like you guys. I know Johnny a little - I wish we were still friends. I got pissed about some stupid shit and I probably should have ignored it. Whatever. No one is perfect, and I think I've learned a lot of things in the past few years that have changed my perspective on things. I mean, that happens all the time, but I feel like certain things make more sense to me now.
You also should know that Johnny likes to troll his own forum. He has a rebellious and mischevious spirit, and I think he believes that's the foundation of Telemark. We used to do all sorts of stuff like that. It was all his idea, I just played along. He was particularly brutal to Ron, but he knew Ron would take the bait.
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Post by albertatele on Jun 4, 2023 0:45:34 GMT
Mike, what drives Johnny's completely irrational hate for all 75mm gear? I am thinking he simply can't ski it well? It's a vast range of bindings and boots. Those who mastered 75mm and moved on to newer options very often say the flex in a good 75mm system is for sure the best Telemark turn feel. Strange thing that he does not seem to know that, being that he has presented himself as a Telemark skier without equal. Johnny has had tons of 75mm gear, and still does have some last I knew. I'm sure he can ski it fine. I mean you should probably just ask him, but I think he just gets bored of skiing the same shit all the time and is constantly looking for a new way to experience the same thing. So for him, some new kind of binding is exciting, and he's obviously obsessed with the industry and wants to see new stuff being developed. He shits on 75mm because it's a very old design. I don't know him that well, but that's just how he is. He's not interested in sticking with something "because it works", he's interested in figuring out something new. I actually don't know why he's not into TTS - maybe he did try that and didn't like it. I'm pretty sure for skiing on groomers he loves the feel of NTN. But I know he also skis leathers and 75mm, NNN-BC and probably now Explore on them too. I think he just skis whatever he feels like and likes to push his level and freak people out. Also, I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty sure Johnny is actually Autistic, or least identifies as being neurodivergent. People like this tend to think differently and do things differently than others, and sometimes just to be different or somehow express that they are different. Yea, or we can just all agree that Johnny is a troll and it's a waste of time to look for consistency in anything much he says or does. RE real Tele innovation and TTS, it's now here with the new Voile TTS Transit. Compare it to fumble fucking around with a bunch of junk bumpers and pins that don't work reliably on a binding that is not active. Will it be the answer to your XCd dreams at the local golf course? Probably not, but serious Telemark skiers will be all in. |
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Jun 4, 2023 13:14:47 GMT
I think Johnny doesn't like Al - I mean he doesn't like a lot of people. I don't follow this soap opera obsessively like you guys. I know Johnny a little - I wish we were still friends. I got pissed about some stupid shit and I probably should have ignored it. Whatever. No one is perfect, and I think I've learned a lot of things in the past few years that have changed my perspective on things. I mean, that happens all the time, but I feel like certain things make more sense to me now. You also should know that Johnny likes to troll his own forum. He has a rebellious and mischevious spirit, and I think he believes that's the foundation of Telemark. We used to do all sorts of stuff like that. It was all his idea, I just played along. He was particularly brutal to Ron, but he knew Ron would take the bait. He was so brutally incisive I don't recall a single troll or insult. Meh, he was totally transparent. Yapping about how NNN/BC was the only way to REAL Tele nirvana in one breath and then wetting his pants (if he had any on) over NTN and Meidjo the next. And then all the bragging about having left behind all bindings with "cables" but totally ignorant of the fact that Voile makes nothing with cables (hardwires and even the so-called spring cables of the 3pc include NO braided cables). And then all of the utterly confused rambling about "free speech" which he clearly had no consistent concept of. All things considered, forget the "love" and feigned inclusion,the guy is clearly hateful and intolerant, excuse of scrambled neurons notwithstanding. |
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Post by cunningstunts on Jun 4, 2023 13:51:42 GMT
I think Johnny doesn't like Al - I mean he doesn't like a lot of people. I don't follow this soap opera obsessively like you guys. I know Johnny a little - I wish we were still friends. I got pissed about some stupid shit and I probably should have ignored it. Whatever. No one is perfect, and I think I've learned a lot of things in the past few years that have changed my perspective on things. I mean, that happens all the time, but I feel like certain things make more sense to me now. You also should know that Johnny likes to troll his own forum. He has a rebellious and mischevious spirit, and I think he believes that's the foundation of Telemark. We used to do all sorts of stuff like that. It was all his idea, I just played along. He was particularly brutal to Ron, but he knew Ron would take the bait. He was so brutally incisive I don't recall a single troll or insult. Meh, he was totally transparent. Yapping about how NNN/BC was the only way to REAL Tele nirvana in one breath and then wetting his pants (if he had any on) over NTN and Meidjo the next. And then all the bragging about having left behind all bindings with "cables" but totally ignorant of the fact that Voile (and most other makers of 75mm bindings) makes nothing with cables (hardwires and even the so-called spring cables of the 3pc include NO braided cables). And then all of the utterly confused rambling about "free speech" which he clearly had no consistent concept of. All things considered, forget the "love" and feigned inclusion,the guy is clearly hateful and intolerant, excuse of scrambled neurons notwithstanding. Oh, he wouldn't say anything directly to you. But actually he did, he was just very sneaky about it. But you don't remember Ron's Corner, or whatever? It was stuff like that. He had other ways of trolling you that weren't direct interactions. I know from talking to him he thinks you are the anti-Christ. I mean you are kind of an asshole from time to time, but who isn't? But he really was pissed at you for a lot of stuff before my presence on that forum. |
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Jun 4, 2023 14:40:38 GMT
Actually my great run of Telemark forum bannings virtually all related more to my teasing and sense of humor than anything else. Like teaming with you poking Willy at Bctalk and being banned for it or getting booted out of Teast for snark with you and others -you could not say shit if you had a mouthful at Teast; boy do I miss that old ladies' bridge club! Once I got shown the door at Dostie's because "no matter what you say or do, people will fight with you"..Aaron Wright baited me into a banning at Ttalk once and we were both just having fun.. I went skiing with him a couple weeks later.. The inherent ambiguity of forum posting -and text in general- lends itself to a whole bunch of confused guessing. AntiChrists are probably quite rare.
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Jun 4, 2023 18:59:31 GMT
But think about it, Mike, Johnny wanted to fk with me and then decided I was the Antichrist. Boy did he gaslight me or what?
I'm not the antichrist and he's not much of a troll.
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Post by mark on Jun 4, 2023 19:12:11 GMT
Another day, more glib Manny shit: "Those wanting consistently good performance buy an edge tuner ($50), a file or two ($30) ..." Any idiot knows an edge AND BASE tuner comes with 1 or 2 files that are pretty specific to the tuner. Manny trips over his own ignorance time and time again. He's a copy-and-paste wonder that adds shit that makes little or no sense, all the while posing as a big ski expert.
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Post by Telebabble on Jun 4, 2023 19:30:20 GMT
^^ WTF, most hand tuners are considerably less than 50 bux, virtually all include files and virtually all are designed to tune edge and base.
Fkin blabber mouth is basically a clueless wonder.
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Jun 5, 2023 13:35:04 GMT
"Manny" is the very definition of glib. Sham/pretend expertise but fluent.
I want to know what xcD and Telemark ski gear HE USES AND OWNS. I also want to see a video of him SKIING, until those first 2 are known and the last thing is seen, he should be totally IGNORED.
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Jun 6, 2023 12:52:06 GMT
Christ, my cheap little Dakine tuner is 18bux at REI right now and includes 2 files. According to Manny, it costs 80! What a transparent dork! 18bux..tuner |
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Post by Ankle flexer on Jun 7, 2023 7:05:22 GMT
Don't forget, manny is tuneing his skis so he can get an extra tenth of a mph out of them on the flats, so he needs more stuff.
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Post by Telebabble on Jun 8, 2023 13:44:02 GMT
The expert, Manny, now blathers on the importence of waxing and detuning tips and tails. He's clueless in that these days it's very common to just leave the skis sharp tip-to-tail. Years ago, detuning was assumed to be a BFD with straight skis; now it's simply not though skiers debate the practice based on the particular ski design and intended use. Bottomline is detuning has faded into relative insignificance.
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Post by mark on Jun 8, 2023 14:21:27 GMT
Manny says too much which always reveals the truth: he skis very little and is most adept at just reiterating what others say.
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Post by albertatele on Jun 8, 2023 16:08:00 GMT
Wax, out west for recreational skiing, it generally is just not a BFD. Wax to reduce friction on REALLY COLD days, wax in spring for the sticky, but don't hope for miracles from waxing in spring or summer glop, the best you can do is be quick in the edge change, try for higher edge angles, use skis about 85mm or less under foot and stay off the flats as much as possible. Still, after 11 or 12 on the warm days, you may be wasting your time hoping some wax will make a big difference.
Wax generally is the big deal for racing when a second or less can be the difference and races are generally not on some horribly warm snow.
I'm not saying cleaning your bases and protecting them with wax is a bad thing.
Another thing is almost no one out here uses wax for climbing except cross country skiers.
Oh, wax for storage.
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